August 2013

The HUGE news this month - we've officially added jazz to the various genres of New Zealand composed music that SOUNZ represents. 

So, if you know anyone interested in NZ jazz music, please forward them this email, suggest they subscribe to SOUNZnews and follow us on Facebook.   

On the August homepage we introduce you to our growing collections and resources of original New Zealand jazz.

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Professional jazz / contemporary bass player and teacher, Nick Tipping, introduces a range of recent jazz styles and recordings from around the country.

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Photo: Singer Hannah Griffin by Jo Elliott Photography

Roger and Caroline Manins, with Ben McNicoll, run the Creative Jazz Club in Auckland, presenting regular Wednesday night gigs at the 1885 Britomart in downtown Auckland. 

Passionately enthusiastic about New Zealand jazz. They tell us about their work and their vision:

Photo: Nathan Haines in concert at CJC courtesy of Adrian Malloch

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To browse/search specifically for 'Jazz' material in our collection:

Click the 'Music' search on the homepage > then on the next page click 'Jazz'  from the left hand side 'Music Categories' selection (see larger image here).

Two NZ Jazz albums recently added to the SOUNZ collection are both are available to buy on CD or by track via download. See the links below for audio samples:     

Flaubert's Dance: Phil Broadhurst Quartet. 

Charmaine Ford: Busy Silence

More resources in the form of recordings, lead sheets and scores are being added daily so keep checking the ‘New to SOUNZ ’ section of our homepage. 

Welcome back to NZ Jeroen Speak and Dorothy Ker! Jeroen Speak is the 2013–14 Creative New Zealand/Jack C. Richards Composer-in-Residence at the New Zealand School of Music, while his partner, composer Dorothy Ker, is here as a Research Teaching Associate at NZSM. >MORE  

Congratulations to composer, musician, sound designer Andrew McMillan who received the Arts Access Aotearoa Big ‘A’ Artistic Achievement Award 2013. >MORE

Thanks to all the Fully Represented SOUNZ composers for your entries in the 2014 Recordings project. Entries close on 15 August. >MORE

Congratulations to the SOUNZ/CANZ New Zealand Chamber Music Award winners for 2013. Who won and what pieces did they play? >MORE (Photo 1: Julie Sperring presents William Swan with the Senior Compostion Award) 

The Children's Music Awards were held late last month. A big congratulations to the winners! APRA proudly presents: Music Box - A Selection of Songs - a promotional album that is free to download until Monday 12th August. >MORE  

Thank you to everyone who attended the first - of many we hope - SOUNZ gathering to share plans and ideas for the 2015 Lilburn Centenary year. (Photos 2 & 3) If you would like to receive information or be involved please email us. 

Linn Lorkin's Hey Piano Bar Lady! album tells the tale of Linn's time in the Big Apple in the late '70s and '80s  as she sleeps on sofas, searches for true love and plays her "piano bar lady" way from rusty SoHo to ritzy Park Avenue.  

Her song Family at the Beach which features on this album was voted Best Kiwi Summer Song in a recent New Zealand Radio Listeners' Poll.

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Gamelan Taniwha Jaya - New Works, Wellington 9 Aug.

APO - Voices of Youth, Auckland, 15 Aug.  Featuring Ross Harris' Symphony No. 5. Watch the recent interview about this work here. Get information on a 'SOUNZ Followers' ticket discount here.   

NZSM Jazz Festival 2013, Wellington/Auckland 15-18 Aug. 

Antipodes String Trio, Wellingon, 18 Aug. (Photo 1) 

NZTrio: Art to the power of three - HEARTBEATS, Wellington 27 Aug. 

Rotunda - New Zealand Dance Company, Auckland 30 Aug- 1 Sept. See ticket giveaway competition below! (Photo 2: Hannah Tasker-Poland and Tupua Tigafua by John McDermott)   

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra - THE RITE, Christchurch 31 Aug.

Find more events here. Remember to submit yours!  

Thanks to The New Zealand Dance Company you can enter to win a FREE double pass to Rotunda in Auckland for their opening night performance on Friday 30 August.

This unique season features the powerful collision of a live brass band with the raw beauty of contemporary dance. Created by the company’s Artistic Director, Shona McCullagh in collaboration with the NZDC dancers, musician Chris O’Connor and celebrated singer, songwriter and composer Don McGlashan as Musical Director, Rotunda brings to life the world of the band rotunda as an iconic symbol of New Zealand community.

Simply email us here with your contact details and name two NZ composers that will have works performed in this event. 

Entries close on Wednesday 21 August at noon. The lucky winner will be contacted by phone that day. Good luck! 

Photo: Gareth Okan by John McDermott

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